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We prove that braid group representations associated to braided fusion categories and mapping class group representations associated to modular fusion categories are always semisimple. The proof relies on the theory of extensions in…

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We study noninvolutive set-theoretic solutions $(X,r)$ of the Yang-Baxter equations in terms of the properties of the canonically associated algebraic objects-the braided monoid $S(X,r)$, the quadratic Yang-Baxter algebra $A= A(\textbf{k},…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Tatiana Gateva-Ivanova

We study a number of categorical quasi-uniform structures induced by functors. We depart from a category $\mathcal{C}$ with a proper $(\mathcal{E}, \mathcal{M})$-factorization system, then define the continuity of a $\mathcal{C}$-morphism…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Minani Iragi , David Holgate

This work presents an approach towards the representation theory of the braid groups $B_n$. We focus on finite-dimensional representations over the field of Laurent series which can be obtained from representations of infinitesimal braids,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ivan Marin

This paper discusses a simple and explicit toy-model example of the categorical Hopfield equations introduced in previous work of Manin and the author. These describe dynamical assignments of resources to networks, where resources are…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-07-28 Matilde Marcolli

Let $A$ be an algebra over a commutative ring $k$. We compute the center of the category of $A$-bimodules. There are six isomorphic descriptions: the center equals the weak center, and can be described as categories of noncommutative…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-02-24 A. L. Agore , S. Caenepeel , G. Militaru

In our preceding papers we started considering the categories of tangles with flat G-connections in their complements, where G is a simple complex algebraic group. The braiding (or the commutativity constraint) in such categories satisfies…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 R. Kashaev , N. Reshetikhin

Let $R$ be an integral domain and $G$ be a subgroup of its group of units. We consider the category $\mathbf{\mathsf{Cob}}_G$ of 3-dimensional cobordisms between oriented surfaces with connected boundary, equipped with a representation of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-12-22 Vincent Florens , Gwenael Massuyeau , Juan Serrano de Rodrigo

This paper introduces a mathematical definition of the category of D-branes in Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds in terms of $A_\infty$-categories. Our categories coincide with the categories of (graded) matrix factorizations for quasi-homogeneous…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Atsushi Takahashi

The goal of the paper is to establish and to investigate a fully faithful embedding of the category of group operads into that of crossed interval groups. For this, we introduce a monoidal structure on the slice of the category of operads…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Jun Yoshida

The Brauer category is a symmetric strict monoidal category that arises as a categorification of the Brauer algebras in the context of Banagl's framework of positive topological field theories (TFTs). We introduce the chromatic Brauer…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-03-10 Felipe Müller , Dominik Wrazidlo

Univalent categories constitute a well-behaved and useful notion of category in univalent foundations. The notion of univalence has subsequently been generalized to bicategories and other structures in (higher) category theory. Here, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Kobe Wullaert , Ralph Matthes , Benedikt Ahrens

We continue the study of enriched infinity categories, using a definition equivalent to that of Gepner and Haugseng. In our approach enriched infinity categories are associative monoids in an especially designed monoidal category of…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-06 V. Hinich

For a rigid object $M$ in an algebraic triangulated category $\mathcal{T}$, a functor pr$(M)\to\mathcal{H}^{[-1,0]}({\rm proj}\, A)$ is constructed, which essentially takes an object to its `presentation', where pr$(M)$ is the full…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Dong Yang

Modular functors are traditionally defined as systems of projective representations of mapping class groups of surfaces that are compatible with gluing. They can formally be described as modular algebras over central extensions of the…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Adrien Brochier , Lukas Woike

We define a diagrammatic monoidal category, together with a full and essentially surjective monoidal functor from this category to the category of modules over the exceptional Lie algebra of type $F_4$. In this way, we obtain a set of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Raj Gandhi , Alistair Savage , Kirill Zainoulline

We introduce a diagrammatic braided monoidal category, the quantum spin Brauer category, together with a full functor to the category of finite-dimensional, type $1$ modules for $U_q(\mathfrak{so}(N))$ or $U_q(\mathfrak{o}(N))$. This…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Peter J. McNamara , Alistair Savage

Self-attention mechanisms have revolutionised deep learning architectures, yet their core mathematical structures remain incompletely understood. In this work, we develop a category-theoretic framework focusing on the linear components of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Charles O'Neill

In this work, we analyze the structure of the category of partial representations of a finite group $G$ as a multifusion category, providing an alternative way to describe simple objects and their tensor products. We describe the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Arthur R. Alves Neto , Eliezer Batista , Javier Méndez

Let $(\mathsf{baxt}_n,~^\sharp)$ be the Baxter monoid of finite rank $n$ with Sch\"{u}tzenberger's involution $^{\sharp}$. In this paper, it is shown that $(\mathsf{baxt}_n,~^\sharp)$ admits a faithful representation by an involution monoid…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Bin Bin Han , Wen Ting Zhang , Yan Feng Luo , Jin Xing Zhao